Ann-Kathrin Adam was trained at the John Cranko School in Stuttgart. First as an élève, then with a contract for the corps de ballet and from 2008 onwards as solo dancer, she had been a member of the Ballet of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein since the 2005/06 season. In 2009 Martin Schläpfer transferred her into his newly formed Ballet am Rhein and created many main roles for her. Further solo roles have included among others „Duo Concertant“ by George Balanchine, „Symphonic Variations“ by Frederick Ashton, „Zahir“ by So-Yeon Kim, and „The Mad Ballerina“ in „The Concert“ by Jerome Robbins. With ballets by Nils Christe, Merce Cunningham, Jiří Kylián, William Forsythe, Hans van Manen, Twyla Tharp, Antony Tudor, Remus Şucheană among others she enlarged her repertory. In the annual critics’ poll of the Dance for you magazine, Ann-Kathrin Adam was nominated as “Outstanding Principal Dancer” in 2016.